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Re-Creating Primordial Time: Foundation Rituals and Mythology in the Postclassic Maya Codices (2013)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Gabrielle Vail. Christine Hernandez.

Re-Creating Primordial Time offers a new perspective on the Maya codices, documenting the extensive use of creation mythology and foundational rituals in the hieroglyphic texts and iconography of these important manuscripts. Focusing on both pre-Columbian codices and early colonial creation accounts, Vail and Hernández show that, in spite of significant cultural change during the Postclassic and Colonial periods, mythological traditions in Mesoamerica reveal significant continuity, beginning at...